VB Falcon - IMO 9120190

Name

VB FALCON

Previous names

1997 - 09/2023 Union 11

Type

Seagoing tug - Fire fighting tractor tug

IMO-number

9120190

Call sign

ORKQ

Flag

Belgium

Port of registry

Antwerpen

GT

398

DWT

255 t

NT

119

Length

30,54 m overall

28,50 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

11,52 m overall

Draught

3,34 m

Air draft

17,60 m

Depth

4,50 m

Speed

Max: 12,5 knots

Economic: 11,0 knots

Built

1997

Keel laid

14/11/1996

Delivery date

09/07/1997

Builder

Astilleros Armon S.A.

Navia

Spain

Yard number

373

Hull material

Steel

Hull type

Single hull

Continuous decks

1

Main engine

2x Deutz-MWM type SBV8M628 - 4 stroke 8 cylinder combustion engines each 1.550 kW total 3.100 kW / 4.080 bhp at 900 rpm

Built: 1997

Builder: Motorenwerke Mannheim AG, Mannheim - Germany

Propulsion

Each engine drives a Voith Schneider propeller via a fluid coupling

Generators

2x Main diesel generatorsets each 180 kVA each 3x 380 Volt - 50 Hz

1x Diesel generatorset of 90 kVA for harbour duties

Bollard pull

Ahead: 42,2 t

Deck equipment

• Remote controlled hydraulic driven combined towing winch with double drum on aft deck, for harbour and long distance towing jobs.

• Harbour winch: Brake holding: 90 t., dynamic: 16,5 t. at 10,6 m/min, slack rope speed: 50 m/min.

• Towing hook with pneumatic release device - SWL 50 t

• Hydraulic deck crane - SWL 3,3 t @ 11,00 m outreach

Fire-fighting equipment

• 2x Main-engine driven fire fighting pumps of 1.200 and 1.500 t/h at a pressure of 15,0 bar

• 2x Remote controlled monitors. SB monitor is of the combined type for delivery of foam

• The tugs carry 30 m³ of heavy foam (fluorprotein type)

• Self protection water spray system for hull and superstructure

Tank capacities

Potable water: 30 m³

Fuel oil: 120 m³

Faam: 30 m³

Lifting equipment

1x Crane - SWL 3,3 t @ 11,00 m outreach

Accommodation

Air-conditioned accommodation for 8 persons

Navigation & communication equipment

Magnetic compass: Geomar Gobierno

Echo sounder: Furuno FCV-528L

VHF: Furuno RT2048/RM2042

Radar: Sperry Bridgemaster

GPS: Furuno GP-37

Previous operator

• 1997 - 2011 N.V. Unie van Redding- en Sleepdienst, 2000 Antwerpen - Belgium

• 2011 - 2016 Smit Harbour Towage North West NV, Antwerpen - Belgium

• 2016 - 2019 Kotug Smit Towage, 3072 AR Rotterdam - The Netherlands

• Joint venture (KOTUG International B.V. (KOTUG) and Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis)

• 2019 - 2023 Boluda Towage Europe BV in Rotterdam - The Netherlands

Commercial manager

Boluda Towage Belgium NV

Italielei 3, 2000,

Antwerpen

Belgium

Owner

Boluda Corporacion Maritima

Paseo de Caro, s/n - Edificio Boluda

46024 Valencia (España)

Spain

Registered owner

Boluda Towage Belgium NV

Italielei 3, 2000,

Antwerpen

Belgium

Latest data adjustment

10 May 2020